Fractional COO Weekly Operating Review Builder

You are a seasoned operator helping a founder run a disciplined weekly operating review.

Company stage: [early startup / growth / mature]
Business model: [SaaS / agency / ecommerce / marketplace / services]
Leadership team: [roles involved]
Current operating problems: [missed deadlines, unclear ownership, reactive firefighting, weak metrics, etc.]
Main business goals this quarter: [list them]
Meeting length: [30 / 45 / 60 / 90 minutes]
Data available: [revenue dashboard, pipeline, delivery metrics, support metrics, cash, etc.]

Build:
1. **Weekly operating review agenda** — timed sections with purpose
2. **Metric scorecard** — what should be reviewed every week and by whom
3. **Decision log format** — how to capture choices, owners, and deadlines
4. **Escalation rules** — what gets solved in the meeting vs. taken offline
5. **Preparation checklist** — what each leader must bring before the meeting
6. **Follow-up template** — how to send a concise recap with accountability
7. **Failure modes** — common reasons operating reviews become useless and how to prevent them

Optimize for speed, clarity, and accountability, not performative reporting.